Usually, we do not use the definite article, the, before names of countries but we use the before “United States of America”.
Is there a specific reason for using the article before the country “United States of America”?
Answer
The is used in front of countries that have:
-
plural names:
the Netherlands -
a general geo-political noun of place, e.g. republic, emirate, kingdom, state:
the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom.
On a related note, see this post on the capitalization of articles in names:
You only capitalize The when it is the first word in a title of book or a play. . . . In contrast, the word the is not normally capitalized in front of proper nouns that aren’t titles, like . . . the United States of America. . . .
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Kalyana Kumar A , Answer Author : Talia Ford
